Zamora to Porto 1160152

Zamora to Porto

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October 22nd 2022
I spent one evening in Zamora before setting off in the direction of Porto. The sun was shining as I left town after a sumptuous buffet breakfast. As I crossed the Rio Douro there was a lovely view of the old town from the bridge. It was beautifully reflected in the river. I stopped for about thirty minutes at the pedestrian bridge a little further on. There was a lot of bird life on the water ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more